Coalesce Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

coalesce

/ˌkowəˈlɛs/

verb

coalesces;

coalesced;

coalescing

coalesce

/ˌkowəˈlɛs/

verb

coalesces;

coalesced;

coalescing

Britannica Dictionary definition of COALESCE

[no object]

formal

:

to come together to form one group or mass

• a group of young reformers who gradually coalesced into a political movement
• The ice masses coalesced into a glacier over time.

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— coalescence

/ˌkowəˈlɛsn̩s/

noun

[noncount]

• a glacier formed by coalescence of ice masses

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[singular]

• a coalescence of forces

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